One of Three Special Awards; Best New Networking/Communications Products To Be Selected By Industry-Wide `Vote'.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999-- The best networking and communication products making their debut at the dawn of the new Millennium will be selected for special recognition by thousands of industry professionals attending ComNet 2000 this January 25-27 in Washington DC. Hundreds of never-before-seen products and technologies from many of the 450 companies exhibiting at ComNet 2000 will be vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie for this special honor as part of the industry-renowned New Product Achievement Awards. The ComNet New Product Achievement Awards are considered unique. The finalists are voted on by a wide cross-section of the computer/communications marketplace after a panel of industry experts has narrowed the hundreds of entries down to the best of show. This panel of industry luminaries, including leading analysts, editors, consultants and users, carefully reviews the entries and selects three product finalists in each of eight categories. The eight categories are: -- Best New Network Management Offering -- Best New Carrier or WAN Offering -- Best New LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or Internetworking Offering -- Best New Network Infrastructure Offering -- Best New Wireless Offering -- Best New Software Offering -- Best New Internet/Intranet Offering -- Best New Telephony, Fax or Conferencing Offering. The 24 finalists are then displayed in a special Showcase area in the Convention Center's main lobby where some 50,000 attendees representing end users, service providers, manufacturers, suppliers, consultants, and other networking and communications professionals will have the opportunity to view the finalists and see special product demonstrations on the show floor. Thousands of these professionals will then make a very informed decision about what new products they think are the most innovative and unique. The winners in each category will be announced at the ComNet Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening, January 26. The Judges' Choice Grand Prize, a special selection that the NPAA NPAA National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis (European Union) NPAA National Professional Anglers Association NPAA Newbury Park Adventist Academy NPAA Northern Plains Atlatl Association NPAA Nether Providence Athletic Association panel considers to be the most innovative new offering at the show, will also be awarded on Wednesday evening. "For the past nine years the New Product Achievement Awards have identified and honored scores of outstanding products that have helped change the face of the networking and communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. ," said Don Berey, ComNet 2000 Show Director. "What makes these awards especially meaningful is that they are selected and voted on by the people whose business they directly impact," Berey added. As the leading technology conference and exposition for the converging networking and communication industries, ComNet helps attendees optimize their enterprise network performance and make active, strategic use of new public networks. The New Product Achievement Awards recognizes and salutes the products and companies empowering those users who are leading the way toward convergence and beyond. Info World magazine sponsors the New Product Achievement Awards and works closely with ComNet to identify the companies and products that should be considered for recognition. Past winners of this coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. award include AT&T, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Lucent Technologies, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. and US Robotics US Robotics - U.S. Robotics, Inc. (see attached list of past winners). Other Prestigious ComNet Awards The ComNet New Product Achievement Awards will be joined at ComNet 2000 by two other highly prestigious awards. The Ovations Awards will be presented for the very first time, while the popular User Excellence Award is presented at the show every year. Sponsored by tele ("long distance") Operations performed remotely or by telephone. The "tele" prefix is used to designate many technologies such as telecommunications and teleconferencing. .com magazine and ComNet, The Ovations honor leaders of service provider information by recognizing extraordinary individual achievements in technology, products and services, as well as in business practices and legislative policy. The User Excellence Awards, sponsored by Network World, honor end-user organizations that have made innovative and effective use of network technology. "Industry-leading manufacturers, service providers and end-users are all celebrated and honored at ComNet," Show Director Berey emphasized. "ComNet is the only communications networking The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. event that recognizes excellence and innovation across all three critical industry segments." ComNet ComNet, produced by IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Expo Management Company, is the largest technology conference and exposition dedicated to global communications networks Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. The software is provided free of charge but is supported by banner advertisements. In addition to chat services, users are also provided with free e-mail and webspace. . In 2000, more than 450 manufacturers and suppliers of networking and communications hardware, software, services, and solutions participate in ComNet. ComNet attracts the planners, builders and buyers of communications networks, both public and private. Founded in 1977, ComNet/Washington, D.C. has served the IT market for two decades as the premiere information source for networking professionals. ComNet/D.C. will be held at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, January 25-27, 2000. For more information on ComNet, call 800-545-EXPO or visit www.comnetexpo.com. About IDG Expo Management Company Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population was 28,587. The community was named after Norwood, England. , IDG Expo Management Company is a premium producer and manager of exposition and conference events that shape the IT marketplace. IDG Expo Management Company is an affiliate of the International Data Group (IDG) family of companies. IDG Expo-produced events include the MACWORLD Expos in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ; ComNet in Washington, D.C. and E3 -the Electronic Entertainment Expo produced for the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America IDSA Industrial Designers Society of America IDSA Interactive Digital Software Association IDSA Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (India) IDSA International Dark Sky Association ). Each year, more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and more than 250,000 IT professionals attend IDG's U.S. events to buy, sell, learn about and influence the IT purchasing agenda. IDG Expo Management Company was founded in 1979 as Mitch Hall Associates. For more information, please call 781-551-9800 or visit the company's Web site at www.idgexpos.com . -0-
1999 New Product Achievement Awards Winners
Most Innovative New Product or Service
New Access Communications
Carrier/Wan Service or Product Network Management
Salix Technologies Cornet Technology
Internet/Intranet Product Wireless Product
MCI Worldcom Nbase/Xyplex
LAN/Internetworking Product Software and Applications Product
Softcom Microsystems LAN-hopper Systems
Network Infrastructure Product Telephony/Fax/Conference Product
Cisco Systems Lucent Technologies
1998 New Product Achievement Awards Winners
Most Innovative New Product or Service
Network Associates'
Carrier/Wan Service or Product Network Management
NetReality Ganymede Software
Internet/Intranet Product Remote Access/Wireless Product
networkMCI 3Com
LAN/Internetworking Product Switching Technology
Cisco Systems Nbase + Siemens
Network Infrastructure Product
Atmosphere Networks
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